The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Monday in a case that pits the defendant's First Amendment right to free speech against a criminal law that was used to prosecute him for threatening his ex-wife.  The name of the case is Elonis v. United States. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today reversed the murder conviction of a man who was found guilty of shooting to death a rival gang member in New Bedford in 2005.  The Court ruled that a state trooper improperly obtained a warrant to record the defendant's jailhouse confession to another inmate, in violation of the...

Several media outlets are reporting that a man and a woman are being held without bail after allegedly attacking an MBTA worker in the Downtown Crossing Orange Line Station.  According to the Boston Globe, the worker was closing the station at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning when he encountered 50-year-old Robert Snyder and 28-year-old...

The Boston Globe's Maria Cramer reported today that Massachusetts Superior Court Judge E. Susan Garsh has denied former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's motion to transfer his case out of Bristol County.  (more…)

A Lowell District Court jury took only 15 minutes today to find a Tewksbury man not guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and failure to stop for a police officer.  The case was tried by Attorney Christopher Spring. (more…)